Kanji: 始

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N4 (upper beginner level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 8 (completion of 3rd grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 3rd grade in Japan
Radical:	女 Radical name: おんな
Meaning:	Commence, begin
Usage:	Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 250 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N5	始(はじ)まる	to begin
N4	始(はじ)める	to begin
N3	開始(かいし)	start, commencement, beginning
N3	始(はじ)まり	origin, beginning
N2	原始(げんし)	origin, primeval
N2	始終(しじゅう)	continuously, from beginning to end
N1	始発(しはつ)	first train
N1	始末(しまつ)	management, dealing, settlement, cleaning up afterwards
N1	終始(しゅうし)	beginning and end, from beginning to end, doing a thing from beginning to end
N1	始(はじ)め	beginning, start, origin
N5	始(はじ)め	beginning